Asia Pacific

New Zealand has only 4.3 million people, so it doesn’t take much of a boost in immigration numbers for it to seem the country will soon be full.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has conceded that management of hydroelectric power plants has been dangerously lax.

About 80% of corporate executives in Thailand have no confidence their economy will improve in 2014.

In March, North Korea’s new young leader, Kim Jong-un, said he wanted economic development zones (EDZ) in each of the 14 provinces to attract foreign investment.

The City of Terrace and Kitselas First Nation announced November 28 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Qinhuangdao Economic and Technical Development Zone, a state-owned industrial park and economic development body in China's Hebei province.

Country cultivating smart-tech research and development in race to feed insatiable worldwide demand for appliance and other gadgetry

Enrolment by Chinese students in U.S. colleges and universities grew by 21.4% during the 2012-13 academic year over the year before, according to a new report.

The four biggest financial firms in South Korea are the target of a full-blown investigation by regulatory inspectors for alleged misconduct.

Australian forces have rescued about 60 asylum-seekers from a sinking ship inside Indonesia’s search and rescue zone. Jakarta refused to take them back on the grounds that most of them were from the Middle East and only passing through Indonesia.

Last year Indonesian workers in Malaysia sent home almost $1 billion to their families.